Arnold, G. T., S. C. Tsay, M. D. King, J. Y. Li, and P. F. Soulen, 2002: Airborne spectral measurements of surface-atmosphere anisotropy for Arctic sea ice and tundra. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23, 3763-3781. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Surface Properties]

Barker, H., A. Marshak, W. Szyrmer, A. Trishchenko, and J. Blanchet, 2002: Inference of cloud optical properties from aircraft-based solar radiometric measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2093-2111. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing, Surface Properties]

Bell, T. L., M.-D. Chou, R. S. Lindzen, and A. Y. Hou, 2002: Reply to Comment on "Does the Earth Have an Adaptive Infrared Iris?" by H. Harrison. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 598-600. [Full Text (PDF)] [Analysis, Clouds]

Chou, M.-D., P.-K. Chan, and M. Wang, 2002: Aerosol radiative forcing derived from SeaWIFS-Retrieved aerosol optical properties. J. Atmos. Sci. (Global Aerosol Climatology special issue), 59, 748-757.

Chou, M.-D., K.-T. Lee, and P. Yang, 2002: Parameterization of shortwave cloud optical properties for a mixture of ice particles for use in atmospheric models. J. Geophys. Res, 107 (D21), 4600, doi:10.1029/2002JD002061.

Chou, M.-D., and R. S. Lindzen, 2002: Comments on tropical convection and the energy balance at the top of the atmosphere. J. Climate, 15, 2566-2570.

Chou, M.-D., R. S. Lindzen, and A. Y. Hou, 2002: Reply to "Tropical Cirrus and Water Vapor: An Effective Earth Infrared Iris Feedback?". Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2, 99-101. [Clouds]

Chou, M.-D., R. S. Lindzen, and A. Y. Hou, 2002: Comments on "The Iris Hypothesis: A Negative or Positive Cloud Feedback?". J. Climate, 15, 2713-2715.

Chu, D. A., Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, and B. N. Holben, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval over land. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GLO13205. [Aerosols]

Davis, A. B., S. P. Love, R. F. Cahalan, and M. J. Mc Gill, 2002: Off-beam Lidar senses cloud thickness and density. Laser Focus World, October Issue, 38, 101-103. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Davis, A., and A. Marshak, 2002: Space-time characteristics of light transmitted through dense clouds: A Green's Function Analysis. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 2713-2727. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Analysis, Clouds]

Dubovik, O., B. N. Holben, T. F. Eck, A. Smirnov, Y. J. Kaufman, M. D. King, D. Tanre, and I. Slutsker, 2002: Variability of absorption and optical properties of key aerosol types observed in worldwide locations. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 590-608. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols]

Gao, B.-C., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, and R.-R. Li, 2002: Distinguishing tropospheric aerosol from thin cirrus clouds for improved aerosol retrievals using the ratio of 1.38μm and 1.24 μm channels. Geophys Res. Lett., 29 (18), doi: 10.1029/2002GL015475. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

Gao, B.-C., P. Yang, W. Han, R.-R. Li, and W. Wiscombe, 2002: An algorithm using visible and 1.38-m channels to retrieve cirrus cloud reflectances from aircraft and satellite data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40, 1659-1668.

Gitelson, A. A., Y. J. Kaufman, R. Stark, and D. Ronquist, 2002: Novel algorithms for remote estimation of vegetation fraction. J. Rem. Sens. Envir., 80, 76-87.

Ho, C.-H., M.-D. Chou, and C.-H. Sui, 2002: Comparison of different ERBE radiation budget data sets over tropical oceans.. J. Climate, 22, 263-270.

Ichoku, C., D. A. Chu, S. Mattoo, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, I. Slutsker, and B. N. Holben, 2002: A spatio-temporal approach for global validation and analysis of MODIS aerosol products. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013206. [Aerosols]

Ichoku, C., R. Levy, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, R.-R. Li, V. J. Martins, B. N. Holben, N. Abuhassan, I. Slutsker, T. F. Eck, and C. Pietras, 2002: Analysis of the performance characteristics of the five-channel Microtops II sun photometer for measuring aerosol optical thickness and precipitable water vapor. J. Geophys. Res., 107, NO. D13, doi: 10.1029/2001JD001302. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Analysis, Remote Sensing, Solar Radiation]

Jin, M., and R. E. Dickinson, 2002: New observational evidence for global warming from satellite data set. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (10), 10.1029/2001GL013833.

Jin, M., and D. Zhang, 2002: Changes and interactions between skin temperature and leaf area index in summer 1981-1998. Meteor. & Atmos. Physics, 80, 117-129..

Kanamitsu, M., A. Kumar, J.-K. Schemm, H.-M. H. Juang, W. Wang, F. Yang, S.-Y. Hong, P. Peng, W. Chen, and M. Ji, 2002: NCEP Dynamical Seasonal Forecast System 2000. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 1019-1037.

Kaufman, Y. J., O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, and B. N. Holben, 2002: Remote sensing of non aerosol absorption in cloud free atmosphere. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (18), 1857, doi: 10.1029/2001GL014399.

Kaufman, Y. J., N. Gobron, B. Pinty, J.-L. Widlowski, and M. M. Verstraete, 2002: Relationship between surface reflectance in the visible and mid-IR used in MODIS aerosol algorithm - Theory. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 31-1-4.

Kaufman, Y. J., R. G. Kleidman, D. K. Hall, and V. J. Martins, 2002: Remote sensing of subpixel snow cover using 0.66 and 2.1 m channels. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(16), 1781, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013580.

Kaufman, Y. J., J. V. Martins, L. A. Remer, M. R. Schoeberl, and M. A. Yamasoe, 2002: Satellite retrieval of aerosol absorption over the oceans using sunglint. Geophys. Res. Lett.,doi: 10.1029/2002GL015403. [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Remote Sensing]

Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, and O. Boucher, 2002: A satellite view of aerosols in the climate system. Review. Nature, 419, 215-223. [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Remote Sensing]

Kaufman, Y. J., D. Tanre, B. N. Holben, S. Mattoo, L. A. Remer, T. F. Eck, J. Vaughn, and B. Chatenet, 2002: Aerosol radiative impact on spectral solar flux at the surface, derived from principal-plane sky measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 635-646. [Aerosols, Remote Sensing]

King, M. D., and D. D. Herring, 2002: Research satellites (atmospheric sciences). Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, J. R. Holton, J. A. Pyle, and J. A. Curry, Eds., Academic Press, 2038-2047. [Full Text (PDF)] [Remote Sensing]

Knapp, K. R., T. H. Vonder Haar, and Y. J. Kaufman, 2002: Aerosol optical depth retrieval from GOES-8: Uncertainty study and retrieval validation over South America. J. Geophys. Res., 107, (D7), 4055, doi:10.1029/2001JD000505..

Knyazikhin, Y., A. Marshak, W. Wiscombe, J. Martonchick, and R. Myneni, 2002: A missing solution to the transport equation and its effect on estimation of cloud absorptive properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 3572-3585. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Analysis, Clouds]

Li, R.-R., Y. J. Kaufman, B.-C. Gao, and C. O. Davis, 2002: A remote sensing technique to detect suspended sediments and shallow coastal waters. IEEE TTGRS, 41, 559-566.

Lin, P. H., M. D. Chou, Q. Ji, and S. C. Tsay, 2002: Clear-sky surface solar radiation during South China Sea Monsoon Experiment. Terrestrial Atmos. and Ocean Sci., 13, 185-195. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Solar Radiation]

Lindzen, R. S., M.-D. Chou, and A. Y. Hou, 2002: Comments on "No Evidence for Iris". Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 1233-1237.

Martins, J. V., D. Tanre, L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, S. Mattoo, and R. Levy, 2002: MODIS cloud screening for remote sensing of aerosol over oceans using spatial variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL01352. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Negri, A. J., T. L. Bell, and L. Xu, 2002: Sampling of the diurnal cycle of precipitation using TRMM. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 19, 1333-1344. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Rainfall, Remote Sensing]

Prabhakara, C., R. Iacovazzi, and J. M. Yoo, 2002: TRMM Precipitation Radar and Microwave Imager observations of convective and stratiform rain over land and their theoretical implications. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1183-1197.

Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, Z. Levin, and S. Ghan, 2002: Model assessment of the ability of MODIS to measure top of atmosphere direct radiative forcing from smoke aerosols.. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 657-667. [Aerosols]

Remer, L. A., D. Tanre, Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, D. A. Chu, B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, J. V. Martins, R.-R. Li, and Z. Ahmad, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol retrieval over ocean. Geophys Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013204. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Remote Sensing]

Rozanov, E. V., M. E. Schlesinger, N. G. Andronova, F. Yang, S. L. Malyshev, V. A. Zubov, T. A. Egorova, and B. Li, 2002: Climate/chemistry effects of the Pinatubo volcanic eruption simulated by the UIUC stratosphere/troposphere GCM with interactive photochemistry. J. Geophys. Res., 107 (D21), 4594, doi: 10.1029/2001JD000974.

Rozwadowska, A., and R. F. Cahalan, 2002: Plane-parallel biases computed from inhomogeneous clouds and sea ice. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 107, 4384-4401. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Modeling]

Smirnov, A., B. N. Holben, Y. J. Kaufman, O. Dubovik, T. F. Eck, I. Slutsker, C. Pietras, and R. N. Halthore, 2002: Optical properties of atmospheric aerosol in maritime environments. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 501-523.

Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker, V. Mehta, and K.-M. Lau, 2002: Relative importance of the annual cycles of sea surface temperature and solar irradiance for tropical circulation and precipitation: a climate model simulation study. Earth Interactions, 6(6-002), 32 pages, doi: 10.1175/1087-3562. [Abstract] [Analysis, Clouds, Modeling, Rainfall, Solar Radiation, Surface Properties]

Swap, R. J., H. J. Annegarn, J. T. Suttles, J. Haywood, M. C. Helmlinger, C. Hely, P. V. Hobbs, B. N. Holben, J. Ji, M. D. King, T. Landmann, W. Maenhaut, L. Otter, B. Pak, S. J. Piketh, S. Platnick, J. Privette, D. Roy, A. M. Thompson, D. Ward, and R. Yokelson, 2002: The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000): Overview of the dry season field campaign. South African Journal of Science, 98, 125-130. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2002: Observations of three-dimensional radiative effects that influence MODIS cloud optical thickness retrievals. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1607-1618. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Varnai, T., and A. Marshak, 2002: Observations of three-dimensional radiative effects that influence satellite retrievals of cloud properties. Quart. Jour. of Hungarian Meteor. Service (Idojaras), 106, 265-278. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Vasilkov, A. P., J. R. Herman, N. A. Krotkov, M. Kahru, B. G. Mitchell, and N. C. Hsu, 2002: Problems in assessment of the UV penetration into natural waters from space-based measurements. Optical Engineering,41,3019-3027..

Weaver, C. J., P. Ginoux, N. C. Hsu, M.-D. Chou, and J. Joiner, 2002: Radiative forcing of Saharan dust, GOCART model simulations compared with ERBE data. J. Atmos. Sci. (Global Aerosol Climatology special issue), 59, 736-747.

Weaver, C., P. Ginoux, N. C. Hsu, M. D. Chou, and J. Joiner, 2002: Radiative forcing of Saharan dust: GOCART model simulations compared with ERBE data. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 736-747.

Xie, S., K.-M. Xu, R. T. Cederwall, P. Bechtold, A. D. DelGenio, S. A. Klein, D. G. Cripe, S. J. Ghan, D. Gregory, S. F. Iacobellis, S. K. Krueger, U. Lohmann, J. C. Petch, D. A. Randall, L. D. Rotstayn, R. C. J. Somerville, Y. C. Sud, K. Von Salzen, G. K. Walker, A. Wolf, J. J. Yio, G. J. Zhang, and M. Zhang, 2002: Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parameterizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 128(582), 1095-1136. [Abstract] [Analysis, Clouds, Modeling, Rainfall]

Yan, B., K. Stamnes, W. Li, B. Chen, J. J. Stamnes, and S. C. Tsay, 2002: Pitfalls in atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery: How should aerosol optical properties be computed?. Appl. Opt., 41, 412-423. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Aerosols, Remote Sensing]

Yang, F., and M. E. Schlesinger, 2002: On the surface and atmospheric temperature changes following the 1991 Pinatubo volcanic eruption - A GCM study. J. Geophys. Res., 107 (D8), 4073, doi: 10.1029/2001JD000373. [Full Text (PDF)] [Modeling]

Yang, P., B. C. Gao, W. J. Wiscombe, M. I. Mishchenko, S. E. Platnick, H. L. Huang, B. A. Baum, Y. X. Hu, D. Winker, S. C. Tsay, and S. K. Park, 2002: Inherent amd apparent scattering properties of coated or uncoated spheres embedded in an absorbing host medium. Appl. Opt., 41, 2740-2759. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)] [Clouds, Remote Sensing]

Yu, H., S. C. Liu, and R. E. Dickinson, 2002: Radiative effects of aerosols on the evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer. Journal of Geophys. Res., 107(D12), 4142, doi:10.1029/2001JD000754. [Aerosols, Modeling]